"Whooo-"
A steam-whistle sound rang through the air. The wind suddenly turned biting, and the light around them seemed to warp until only darkness remained.
Xu Ye opened his eyes.
Without sufficient preparation or Alice's help, he could not unleash the full version of [God-Slaying Soulbeam], but this was enough.
Beside him, Yun Changeng abruptly lifted his eyelids, shifting his gaze from his book to Xu Ye. His brown pupils trembled slightly.
"What high-level sequence talent is that? Or is it some Taboo Object?"
He could not tell.
The next second, a dark beam burst from Xu Ye's pupils and struck his opponent in a fraction of a second.
The silent wave of energy was like a stone dropped into a still lake. Space rippled, black rings spreading outward.
Yun Changeng frowned deeply. He wanted to reach out and touch the black ripples, but his subconscious warned him against it.
He closed his book.
An invisible wall appeared around him, blocking the residual force of the God-Slaying Soulbeam.
Crack, crack!
Crash!
After that single strike, Xu Ye was startled to find a mirror before him, with Lu E's figure inside it.
The mirror froze for an instant. Cracks spread across its surface, and then it shattered into powder.
At the same time, Lu E appeared behind Xu Ye, directly opposite where the mirror had stood.
She gasped for breath. A gash had opened between her brows, blood streaming from it.
Xu Ye turned with difficulty. Covered in blood, he stared grimly at Lu E... A sequence 7 Awakened really was difficult to deal with. Powerful as the God-Slaying Soulbeam was, it needed both a full charge and close range, or it could easily be dodged.
And these people at sequence 7 and above were all full of tricks.
"Oh? The